History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... feudal system , was necessary to the formation of modern society and of powerful states : LECTURE XVI . . 124 Of the state of persons , from the fifth to the tenth century . - Im- possibility of determining this , according to any fixed ...
... feudal system , was necessary to the formation of modern society and of powerful states : LECTURE XVI . . 124 Of the state of persons , from the fifth to the tenth century . - Im- possibility of determining this , according to any fixed ...
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... feudal hierarchy . - The freedmen . - Different modes of en- franchisement : First , the denariales , enfranchised with respect to the king : Second , the tabularii , enfranchised with respect to the church : Third , the chartularii ...
... feudal hierarchy . - The freedmen . - Different modes of en- franchisement : First , the denariales , enfranchised with respect to the king : Second , the tabularii , enfranchised with respect to the church : Third , the chartularii ...
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... feudal system at the end of the tenth century . - Cause of this predominance . -Character of feudalism . No trace of true representative government in France , from the fifth to the tenth century LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of ...
... feudal system at the end of the tenth century . - Cause of this predominance . -Character of feudalism . No trace of true representative government in France , from the fifth to the tenth century LECTURE XXII . Political institutions of ...
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... feudal aristocracy . -Progress of the royal power . - Spirit of association and resist- ance among the great barons . - Commencement of the struggle between these two political forces Page 281 288 295 LECTURE VI . History of English ...
... feudal aristocracy . -Progress of the royal power . - Spirit of association and resist- ance among the great barons . - Commencement of the struggle between these two political forces Page 281 288 295 LECTURE VI . History of English ...
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... feudal system , has all at once discovered that it was wrong in liberating itself from this system , for that in this state it possessed true happiness and freedom ; and history , which believed itself to be chargeable with so many ...
... feudal system , has all at once discovered that it was wrong in liberating itself from this system , for that in this state it possessed true happiness and freedom ; and history , which believed itself to be chargeable with so many ...
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Page 366 - I. Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Guyan, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting. Know ye that we to the honour of God and of holy Church, and to the profit of our realm, have granted for us and our heirs, that the Charter of Liberties and the Charter of the Forest, which were made by common assent of all the realm, in the time of King Henry our father, shall be kept in every point without breach.